---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE SUMMERTIME - Thirsty Merc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Matt Philips Email: m_e_philips@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard - EADGBE Chords Used: E A B F# C#m Ab e|---0-----0-----2-----2-----4-----4---------------------------------------| B|---0-----2-----4-----2-----5-----4---------------------------------------| G|---1-----2-----4-----3-----6-----5---------------------------------------| D|---2-----2-----4-----4-----6-----6---------------------------------------| A|---2-----0-----2-----4-----4-----6---------------------------------------| E|---0-----0-----x-----2-----x-----4---------------------------------------| Opening Riff: e|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| x4 (then over top of verse) D|------------------------------| A|------------------------5/7---| E|-0--0-0-4-0-0-5--5/6/7--------| E A B I don't have a job E A B I never liked them E A B E A B I just wanna play in the sunshine They say I was wrong But I know better I live my life like I'm dying F# Gimme a chance A I'll do my best to kick and scream and dance F# A When winter comes I'll turn around B E Take me back to the sweet times C#m The hot nights A E Everything is gonna be alright F# In the summertime (Ab) A Baby, in the summertime B E And even if I have to wait til next year C#m I don't care A E All I know is that I'll meet you there F# In the summertime (Ab) A Baby, in the summertime B That is where I'll be I can't complain 'Cos I'm still breathing There's nobody breathing down my neck now Gimme a go Like an open furnace setting fire to snow When winter comes I'll ask the crowd To take me back to the sweet times The hot nights Everything is gonna be alright In the summertime Baby, in the summertime And even if I have to wait til next year I don't care All I know is that I'll meet you there In the summertime Baby, in the summertime That is where I'll be So let me run I'll dream until my head weighs 16 tonnes And when I wake sometime in June I'll say Take me back to the sweet times The hot nights Everything is gonna be alright In the summertime Baby, in the summertime And even if I have to wait til next year I don't care All I know is that I'll meet you there In the summertime Baby, in the summertime Take me back to the sweet times The hot nights Everything is gonna be alright In the summertime Baby, in the summertime And even if I have to wait til next year I don't care All I know is that I'll meet you there In the summertime Baby, in the summertime Baby, in the summertime Baby, in the summertime That is where I'll be | / slide up | \ slide down | B hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ============================================================================